Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/226147 
Year of Publication: 
2013
Series/Report no.: 
wiiw Balkan Observatory Working Papers No. 109
Publisher: 
The Vienna Institute for International Economic Studies (wiiw), Vienna
Abstract: 
This research investigates what drives the euroization in Albania. By using survey data collected in one of the main Albanian cities, we find that factors like remittances, financial literacy, perception of high inflation and trust in financial system play an important role in the extent of euroization together with the experience of past events. Factors related to the future, such as the expectation on the exchange rate fluctuations, seem to not be correlated with the extent of euroization. As regards the current Eurozone crisis, its impact on euroization results to be mediated by the (mis)trust in EURO rather than local currency.
Subjects: 
Euroization
currency substitution
survey data
eurozone crisis
JEL: 
E41
E50
D14
C83
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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